Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Noun: nutritionist's calorie
  1. A unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
    - Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie

Derived forms: nutritionist's calories

See also: noncaloric

Type of: energy unit, heat unit, work unit

Nearest

nutrient
nutrient agar
nutrient artery
nutrify
nutriment
nutrition
nutritional
nutritionally
nutritionary
nutritionist
nutritionist's calorie
nutritious
nutritiousness
nutritive
nutritiveness
nuts
nuts and bolts
nutsedge
nutshell
Nuttall oak
Nuttall's oak